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EU’s digital transition – What’s in it for women?

9 July 2021 Digitalization

4 min

One of the most consequential impacts of COVID-19 has been the acceleration of the long-spoken process of the digital transition. From our daily routine to the State level reforms, digitalization is here to stay. Something the European Commission is intending to exploit when they announced that the recovery from the pandemic will be green and digital. As more opportunities are created in digitalisation, will women be represented in this male-dominated field?

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The impact of the pandemic on women

6 July 2021 COVID-19

7 min

It has been over a year since words like “lockdown”, “face masks” and “social distancing” entered our daily lives. Today, we are going through a multidimensional crisis which has spread through the European Union and the entire world with spillover effects on the economy, education and gender equality. Typically, crises are never gender neutral, and this pandemic is no exception….

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« Si on veut faire bouger les lignes, il faut gagner la bataille des idées » – La lutte du député européen Pierre Larrouturou

5 July 2021 European Politics

12 min

En Novembre 2020, au cœur de la deuxième vague de la pandémie, bon nombre d’entre vous ont sans doute entendu parler de ce député européen qui, depuis son bureau du Parlement à Bruxelles, a entamé une grève de la faim. Son but: raisonner les instances européennes pour enfin adopter une taxe sur les transactions financières (TTF), pouvant rapporter plus de 60 milliards d’euros chaque année…

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